Statistics Canada released figures on employment insurance for January 2012. In January 2012, the number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance benefits increased by 12,400 (+2.3 per cent) to 561,100. This increase returned the number of beneficiaries to roughly the same level as in June 2011. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-8116. … Read more
Statistics Canada released its Canada survey of giving on volunteering and participating in 2010. The vast majority of Canadians provided either time or money to charitable and non-profit organizations in 2010. Between 2007 and 2010, the total amount of money they donated and the total number of hours they volunteered remained stable. The full release … Read more
Statistics Canada released a study entitled, "Market expansion and productivity growth among Canadian manufacturers, 1990 to 2006." Canadian manufacturing firms that adapted to economic pressures during the past two decades by finding new markets—either international or domestic—became more productive than those that maintained the status quo. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-8588.
Statistics Canada released figures on wholesale trade for January 2012. Wholesale sales declined 1.0 per cent to $49.0 billion in January 2012, largely because of lower sales in the motor vehicles and parts subsector and the miscellaneous subsector. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-0608.
Statistics Canada releases its Monthly Survey of Manufacturing for January 2012. Manufacturing sales declined 0.9 per cent to $49.6 billion in January. The decrease partly reflected a drop in production in the aerospace product and parts industry. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-9497. Statistics Canada released its figures for Canada's international transactions in securities for January … Read more
Statistics Canada has released its figures for the national balance sheet accounts for the fourth quarter of 2011. National net worth increased 0.8 per cent to $6.6 trillion in the fourth quarter, as a result of higher values of non-financial assets. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-3640.
Statistics Canada released its figures for industrial capacity utilization rates for the forth quarter of 2011. Canadian industries operated at 80.5 per cent of their production capacity in the fourth quarter, up slightly from the 80.0 per cent posted in the third quarter. The increase would have been greater if not for the slight decline … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on Canada's international investment position for its fourth quarter 2011. Canada's net foreign debt was up $34.7 billion to $213.1 billion at the end of the fourth quarter, resulting largely from the impact of the appreciation of the Canadian dollar against most major foreign currencies and from continued foreign investment into … Read more
Statistics Canada released its results for the labour force survey for February 2012. Employment was unchanged in February. A decline in the number of people searching for work pushed the unemployment rate down 0.2 percentage points to 7.4 per cent. Compared with 12 months earlier, employment was up by 121,000 (+0.7 per cent), with the bulk of the increase occurring in the … Read more
Statistics Canada released figures on building permits for January 2012. The value of building permits fell 12.3 per cent to $6.0 billion in January 2012, following a 10.5 per cent rise in December 2011. The decline was the result of decreases in both residential and non-residential sectors. The full release is available online. Call 613-951-6321.
